LACS Rivals GRAND FINALS - Cody Schwab (Fox) Vs. aMSa (Yoshi) Smash Melee - SSBM

[@murgatroidsp]

Whenever I watch Amsa, I spend half of the time just laughing at the crazy stuff he does. Despite the anticlimactic endings, a much deserved tournament victory. I appreciate Cody’s words after the set. He always gives Amsa credit for how hard he works.

[@BYOOx5]

Hows thats anticlimactic? Amsa spaced the perfect timed jab to beat Cody's drill option.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

​@@BYOOx5the SD, it's always anticlimactic when you end up self destructing

[@WetPretzelz]

The year is 20-eggs-eggs

[@DuckDuckGoose13]

All hail Yoshi

[@aznlink7]

5:59 the sheer surprise on both their faces

[@barbarictearemedy]

And then the YES! from Amsa 😂😂😂

[@im_Spade_]

I was just about to comment with this timestamp lmao

[@dontworryaboutit42069]

Amsa’s reaction made me lol

[@SagaciousSilence]

Getting coached by your opponent’s gf to beat him at a tournament is cold blooded.

[@EmilyRoseIV]

is it ? we wanted to help Amsa I appreciate his mentality and we both want too see the best for the game and I didnt see the right path for improvement so i wanted to guide it with Codys Approval

[@yannilibbes8219]

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[@elemkay5104]

I have big respect Cody as a Melee competitor. Had aMSa over at his house for a week and was ok with his partner Emily training him up. He could lose thousands in tournament earnings in the future if aMSa keeps beating him. Dude has a mortgage to pay and it's his job. But he does it so that we get to see higher level Melee. I hope they carry on one-upping each other and evolve the matchup to new heights.

[@Frank7489]

I didn’t know that, that’s awesome

[@EmilyRoseIV]

Thank you for Appreciating the care consideration and work that me and him put into this game... Codys often hated so much and Truly as a past competitor I have nothing but the utmost respect for him he truly puts his ego aside and does what he can to give all the melee fans some Beautiful Gameplay

[@thepowerwithtim]

Cody "Goku" Schwab because he wants to helps his opps power up in order to push himself to new heights and defeat them at their best

[@ZackSilver77]

This is what melee is supposed to be about. True brotherhood between these 2

[@Andyz555]

Yeah, honestly, Cody is so fucking cool for this. What a guy.

[@shadowgaleshale9218]

Between Cody and Zain, I’m glad the new top players are so willing to do whatever advances melee. never Gatekeeping any knowledge, tech or friendlies at all

[@TehWhiteTiger]

Cody subtly roasted Leffen so hard there. Not only calling out people who whine about matchups but after admitting he wasn't at his best, he still gave credit to Amsa for the well earned victory. That is how a respectful player does it.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

Amsa wasn't at his best as well. Last tournament and this one, he was playing poorly

[@dontworryaboutit42069]

I mean when does the losing playing really admit “I was playing my best but I still lost” people will always say they weren’t playing at their best. Very rarely someone will say they just got outplayed

[@xzb7644]

A loss when you’re not at your “best” is just as valid as a loss when you played your heart out. Some people just hate to admit they got outplayed.

[@EmilyRoseIV]

@@mandalorianhunter1 Makes me Sad you think he was playing poorly at all X.x

[@EmilyRoseIV]

@@dontworryaboutit42069 Ego makes it hard but often as a competitor i imagine most people are focused on how to do better the thought in that moment you did your best when you can fix Flaws is sometimes hard too see with the emotion and stress of losing bracket

[@pastamanhd6251]

Amsa is probably the most skilled melee player ever, none of the other greats did it with a character like Yoshi

[@loganjohnson9322]

Times out hbox too, that's goat behavior

[@Supertaldo916]

@@loganjohnson9322Times out Hbox, out-hypes Mang0, in a meta dominated by a Fox and a Marth he wins with Yoshi. The dude is HIM.

[@citywokbesitzer6834]

I would put Junebug in there as well

[@ninjapacman26]

Spoiler warning... Emily being the key to victory and Cody getting annoyed about it really is the funniest melee storyline.

[@EmilyRoseIV]

hahah we both want good melee its frustraiting just losing and feeling things but hes not annoyed we both love amsa and we are really happy to push the game

[@elemkay5104]

He's not really mad though fyi - he has offered aMSa on multiple occasions to come stay at his house and lab out the matchup, which I respect massively. He could lose thousands in tournament earnings as a result, but just wants to see the best Melee play possible.

[@ninjapacman26]

@@elemkay5104 I'm sure that's true as he expressed post-game, and I respect that as well, but the first thing he said was hilarious.

[@FirstLastname604]

🛡️spoiler shield🛡️ NO ONE BEATS AMSA 15 TIMES IN A ROW RAHHHHHH

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

It was actually 17

[@nickrulez809765]

Amsa beat Cody twice in a row

[@Beastmd]

Can you add an edit to spoiler block please

[@disaffected_npc]

Man if I had seen this before this set I would have been piiiisssseeedd

[@JohnHunterPlayerr]

I'm sorry I ruined the 420

[@Rudepetsclub]

Amsa is literally the perfect player to sponsor and I'm so glad they have stuck with him. He's got the skill and enthusiasm to perform, but he's literally trailblazing a new way of playing the game. That's more important than the raw wins.

[@Magical3Gaming]

Yes technically Amsa was getting lucky with the SDs, but it shows how stressed he was making his opponents that they all were consistently making mistakes like that!

[@LoopZoopler]

"maybe *I* made you play bad"

[@patricksalone5871]

You’re absolutely right. There is such a thing as pressuring your opponent so hard they miss their techs due to how tense they feel. A missed ledge dash is a good example of this; yes, it is possible to miss a ledge dash simply because of an honest mistake but I’ve found myself missing ledge dash when someone is pressuring me like crazy

[@BSeeD06]

@@Magical3Gaming this. How often do you see hbox or cody SD like this ? Never It can be anticlimatic but it's still due to Amsa's amazing performance.

[@FreedomBob]

1:50 WHAT A COMEBACK. NEVER GIVE UP. AMSAAAAAAA!!!

[@rockzyk1291]

The nair aMSa hit at 21:30 was the nair he missed that lost him game five of Genesis X. Hell yeah.

[@elianreyes4929]

AMSA IS THE TRUE GOAT OF MEELEE

[@happinesstolerant]

Maybe. Such a likeable fella too.

[@PlaylistMaker4You]

In terms of skill with a character Amsa is definitely the goat

[@hi1itsme]

@@happinesstolerantyeah I got to meet him when he lived in bc, played him twice.

[@howlingwolf317]

Fun fact, that shield break in game 4 is the first time on a tournament stream that aMSa has gotten his shield broken.

[@F0rger513]

one of the best zero to death's i've ever seen to close out that first game

[@spennis4612]

5:15 I can’t believe nobody on commentary pointed out the fake forward air into grab that aMSa did with the transformation to get the kill

[@jakeheez]

cody noticed, that's for sure LOL

[@lordzevallos]

Emily & M2K the best coaches

[@EmilyRoseIV]

PRAISEE MEEE MOREEE 🤤

[@59squares]

aMSa's english is really good! I gotta say this was like the first time I really paid attention to an interview

[@soulstarfresh223]

Fr tho i can tell he study and learn the language

[@redgh]

Spoilers! He also translated for Miya in the ult Grand finals interview. You need to have very good English to translate. I was very impressed

[@drishd6571]

S/O to Emily

[@EmilyRoseIV]

I love and Adore youuuuu

[@fupalover]

Why?

[@albertosierraalta3223]

@@fupalover AMSA stayed at Cody's house and Emily (Cody's girlfriend) actually coached AMSA to beat Cody and it worked

[@EmilyRoseIV]

@@albertosierraalta3223 >.< ive coached a bunch of players too pushh the game tooo but Amsa is Def one of the cooler ones Most people knew me from Salt and Jmooks breakout I do this alot X.x

[@EmilyRoseIV]

UwU Dank chuuuu

[@ALloydRH]

Loved the more casual commentary here, great energy!

[@sora4440]

For ppl that know Melee and know the ins and outs of the game, this kind of commentary is amazing. For ppl that aren't as familiar, it can be annoying. I'm in the first category as I love this style of commentary...

[@wilwn]

I like Cody, but that was so damn satisfying. How can you not like amsa?! Fucking legend

[@AllBladesCut]

Every dude is gonna want 1 on 1s with Cody’s girlfriend after this one

[@tincan4136]

ayo? 🤨

[@Firefreeeze]

Phrasing...

[@thejimmytrain1485]

​@@FirefreeezeLooks perfect

[@SuperCrazyfin]

What?

[@TheEssentialHughJazz]

@@tincan4136 The rare Chip and Marshal pfp, still out in the wild. I'd have thought your kind extinct

[@skullkrusher4418]

Amsa beating cody in a bracket reset is one of the most hype grand finals in a while.

[@masontroutman1260]

Spoilers bro spoilers

[@dill6612]

Ah spoiled and I’ve watched 2 seconds yay

[@joeysummers8830]

If you don't want spoilers put the video in full screen and don't look at the comments. It's your own fault for not making the match your sole focus

[@dill6612]

@@joeysummers8830 I’m on mobile, I clicked on the video and it immediately showed a highlighted comment, that comment was spoilers. I literally couldn’t avoid it without first knowing it was there monkey nuts. It’s a shit feature from KZbin, people like you make me wanna die lmao.

[@ProfPepper58]

I opened the video and the first thing I saw mate

[@jamiecal11]

Truly special guy, deserves nothing but the best.

[@Flip-a-dip-dip]

The fact that this set and the previous one ended with an SD is some plot armor type shi

[@Harmless_Music]

aMSa's always and forever will be my biggest inspiration for getting into Melee alongside HBox, but I've gotten so much respect for Cody's incredible defensive play. he plays defense with Fox like nobody else, and that in and of itself is incredibly refreshing to see after ten long years of melee GGWP to both players, fantastic set

[@G4RYWithaFour]

THEY CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS

[@TheFallGrind]

I think the irony of calling Cody a melee guy is funny because he was originally a Halo 2 guy

[@HomesliceHobbes]

When Lud said "How'd they swap places?" at 20:46 I straight up had the exact same thought. Like my brain was 100% convinced aMSa had lost double jump and then I realized it's Fox off the ledge.

[@mohammedzahar3606]

That was some Genjutsu shit right there.

[@風吹いたら名無し]

おめでとう

[@AugustDwight]

Excellent commentary made this all the more enjoyable to watch. I love when we get actual insight into the nuances of what's happening on screen, and not just "AaaAAaA! AaaaAAAAAaaAA!"

[@justforshow1993]

I've done a few up throw down smashes on some spacies. It's very real. aMSa is the goat.

[@theelveage]

HAHA “Yoshi just did downthrow downsmash.. is that a thing?” He was so late on that😂

[@KayleighForeign]

SHOUTOUTS TO EMILY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO god I love watching these two play

[@EmilyRoseIV]

kajsdhfaksjhda DANKKKKK CHUUUUU Kayleigh

[@coxoncable]

If only this event counted for rankings...

[@evadekiryu5060]

Yeah, I wanted hbox to win until I saw it didn’t count toward major and ranking but it would of been nice to see

[@murgatroidsp]

Why doesn’t this count for the rankings

[@everettm3301]

@@murgatroidsp This was a side event for a Rivals 2 major. Most melee people here (including Cody and aMSa) were competing in both melee and Rivals 2, and had mostly been training for Rivals.

[@Vaporwavelol]

Bruh it doesn’t count for rankings that’s crazy. He won a major bruh wtf

[@KamiSanzo]

@@murgatroidsp because the rankings are rigged, wins or loses on non-meele centered tournaments/events don't count, it's the reason why sometimes you can see mang0 pulling crazy wins and then he gets ranked badly

[@tenenbaummark]

That ending to the first game is absolutely insane. Amsa is a god dude, no matter the outcome lol

[@Krona-fb4dn]

15:45 is this quite possibly an instance where shine was used solely as a reflector? Also this was a great set for grands

[@TheEssentialHughJazz]

SPOILER BLOCKER also Possible GOAT set

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

Blocking formation

[@sam.lipchutz]

Not likely

[@BoyoWhoGoesPoyo]

Great set but anticlimactic ending.

[@Beastmd]

Thank you

[@mastershmiddy]

All those SDs are just good karma for all the SDs aMSa got against Cody at events like Double Down and Mainstage 😌

[@guidogc90]

wow i love codys playstyle pahsed and smoothly with grea shines to combo a tech lost nowadays

[@drishd6571]

can someone tell me what set theyre talking about at eggdog where aMSa won? the bo3?

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

Thier graphics were outdated and had a major typo. It was wq and it should have said cody 3 amsa 2. Egg was only bo5s

[@drishd6571]

@OneArmedRetroGamer okay I thought it was something like that because I didnt even remember any bo3 sets at Eggdog. Thanks!

[@kikewickens6324]

Pretty sure thats the rivals sidebracket result LMAO

[@FrightNFight]

such a gorgeous shield break at 10:40

[@wattboat]

Amsa did it to himself tbf

[@jorgereyes4866]

I never know when Melee tournaments are going on anymore. I feel like the community has been really bad at getting the word out about events. From like 2016 - 2020 I felt I always knew when there would be events.

[@parkourboio1062]

I think my comments have gotten flagged for spam, sorry LOL MeleeMajors is a website, it shows coming majors and supermajors pretty well in advance. However, I think it's missing some notable tournaments because it's kinda conservative with those estimates (for example, Full Bloom and Battle of BC are both next April and aren't on there yet) MeleeStats is another website, and each Friday there's a "Where's Melee?" post on there which shows the weekend's tournaments. It has a mix of locals, regionals, and sometimes majors though, so it might be pretty hard to sift through. Maybe use a combination of those two?

[@Hope4NewDay1]

A Yoshi win is Sakurai's vision. You know he's watching this on his lunch break.

[@Michael-cg5qn]

An eye for an eye that second set…

[@degracesam]

"When did Dan patch that in?" LOL

[@smeshU-tl6qx]

This set is the reason why melee is the best game of all time.

[@Omnicloud7strife]

I haven't seen this many great players SD in literal years. What a wild tournament.

[@GeoffFClark]

LEGENDARY SET. Grand Finals of the year. Clear top 4 confirmed.

[@darlingj.canela]

Remember those days in which Ama's English was mad hard to understand, times fly. Glad he's been doing well and all the grind has pay off for him. He is undoubtedly an all time great.

[@ducklauncher]

Both of them are so cool and played so well here

[@jonmilner2517]

Bro what the hell is that tongue grab at 10:50 insane reach

[@eto0322]

What does the word "SD" means? I am a Japanese,and I don't know much about English abbreviations😢

[@drishd6571]

SD stands for "self destruct" basically meaning that someone kills themselves in the game

[@eto0322]

@@drishd6571Thank you!!!!!!

[@AmankayaBessent]

Great analysis, thank you! I have a quick question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

[@dirkmuller7444]

No Spoiler Button! 00:00

[@MeloettaMarmalade]

Bump

[@AlxandreNotavo]

wtf uis hugs doing there?

[@jakeheez]

fantastic tournament y'all

[@kennylee2590]

Anyone know what kind of PVM's they are using here?

[@MrAnimescrazy]

Amsa with the 6-3.

[@anthonyloia2589]

Where was yoshi supposed to be looking for this thumbnail?

[@thedaychr]

AMSA thanks for keeping the meta alive, we love you!

[@retro13roxas]

Game 1 got me too hyped can’t do it for the rest of the vid

[@joeysummers8830]

Alot of matches leading up to this lacked suspense but this grand finals more than made up for it! Long live the red dinosaur! 🏆

[@Revcube]

20🥚🥚 is among us

[@Alonzone]

These guys moving at blazing speeds. More so than usual

[@SoppyBiscuit]

Why doesn’t vgbootcamp pin a spoiler block? Most sets are spoiled otherwise

[@MrConnorTV1]

3 people SDing themselves last stock so AMSA can win hahah

[@lorenzo689]

Ye...

[@Healer0079a]

Nerves.

[@fupalover]

Skill issue

[@christsolos]

my goat is back

[@pastamanhd6251]

Emily's definitely sleeping on the couch tonight lol

[@EmilyRoseIV]

ROFL wait... i was actually sleeping on the couchhh but no that would never happen im too cute for that

[@TheFungshwai]

Yo whoever is in charge of KZbin ads can you PLEASE NOT PUT ADS IN THE MIDDLE OF GAME 5 OF THE SECOND SET!!!!

[@funnyperson4027]

I genuinely didn’t think it would happen my goat stands strong!!!!

[@NewMoney__]

I love aMSa. Yall gotta check out his channel is wholesome as frick

[@F.R.G317]

Best match of the whole tourney

[@yuvibitter]

Is the Emily storyline considered a top 10 anime betrayals moment

[@EmilyRoseIV]

hahahah this Storyline FIRST started with Jmook den X.x

[@basically_link]

I love that you can see aMSa get older over the last decade

[@freqmod8235]

6:00 cody could smell what AMSA was cookin

[@MelodiusRL]

Can’t believe the set ended with the “no particular player”!

[@Jv615]

Absolutely amazing

[@tkienjoyer]

Only gamers know the true finals private video

[@galaxian23]

that was a furious scrap at the end damn

[@Shogo2020]

That first game Amsa was nuts

[@JaysYoshiYT]

The ending was just like double down 2022

[@ImWeirdBoy]

Great set.

[@EmissaryOfSmeagol]

Now that I've watched the set, Jmook's tweet makes sense lol 3:52

[@Zzzlol94]

melee is sick

[@GTIBROS]

why tf is yoshi backwards??

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

@@GTIBROS that's his victory pose

[@tylercasea]

​@@OneArmedRetroGamerBro thinks he's Akuma.

[@T4sh1]

crazy that amsa is only now learning how to play platform fighters

[@lorenzoricci4551]

Duuuuuuuude wow, what a performance!

[@DrBepis-jo7qt]

Amsa becoming the MKLeo of Melee with all the protag power

[@orionhernandez3850]

Im a firm believe in earned suicides and that was definitely one. Last game, last stock on the second set of grand final. With All the nerves, my controller would popped out of my hand 😂

[@verdeon493]

Always glad to see my boi Amsa winning.

[@0000-r2b]

aMSa is a juggalo, and that's canon now

[@TonyDingus]

SO HYPE LFG

[@HavasuHorror]

Hell yea

[@Chiplinked]

Hope all the Cody haters have a newfound respect for him after such a classy loss. And GGs aMSa, you earned it.

[@EmilyRoseIV]

I appreciate youuu thank you

[@Shmicah1235]

Whoever said "forward B" is a fed (Or an oldhead, I think it was Mang0 lmao)

[@TylerjX5]

I don't think people give Mango enough credit as a commentator.

[@TheMistUser]

nah, Mang0 is an asshole, a toxic cool kid with terrible takes about the meta and a bad loser

[@seanjohn2876]

For sure

[@christophermauro-barias7451]

so either Cody is weak this 2nd half of the year or AMSa finally got something to click

[@hungrybeakstudios472]

I think a bit of both Amsa's punish and consistency is somehow getting even better

[@EmilyRoseIV]

honestly its a bit of both I think i broke the game and matchup down to simple stuff and focused on our strengths and fox's weaknesses id sayyy the rest was already there just getting there wasnt something he could do easily